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2010 Longlist

Learning to Fly

Shehani Gomes

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THE BOOK

This sensitive novel about first love and heartbreak is a complex, bitter-sweet coming of age story that looks at the modern urban Sri Lanka youth in a new and fresh way. Shehani Gomes navigates us through the perilous and uncharted swatters of the young adult, in her exceptionally perceptive debut novel that takes an honest look at a youth woman’s challenges and triumphs in life.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Shehani
Gomes

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Country

Sri Lanka

Original Language

English

Author

Shehani Gomes

Publisher

Perara Hussein Publishing House

Nominating Library

Colombo Public Library - Sri Lanka

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Learning to Fly

Shehani Gomes

ABOUT THE BOOK

ABOUTTHE AUTHOR ShehaniGomes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RELATED FEATURES

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Shehani
Gomes